Home » Articles posted by James A Jacobs (Page 55)
Author Archives: James A Jacobs
NLM to change the way it archives its web pages
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) reports that it will begin using the Internet Archive’s Archive-It Web archiving service to capture and preserve periodic snapshots of NLM Web resources. NLM to Broaden Its Institutional Web Site Archiving. Rees J., NLM Tech Bull. 2014 Sep-Oct;(400):e3. This is a change in policy. NLM says that it “will […]
Where Are We In The Net Neutrality Debate?
A good overview: Where Are We In The Net Neutrality Debate?, by Kevin Taglang, Benton Foundation (September 19, 2014).
PACER to restore documents it took offline
The Washington Post reports that The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has a plan to restore online access to documents that were controversially removed in August from PACER, the online system for accessing public court records. “The Administrative Office is working to restore electronic access to these cases by converting the docket sheets in […]
Coming Soon: Connect.gov
The federal government is experimenting with a technology that will allow users to register once to create a password and use that same ID at multiple sites. NextGov reports that “The vision is not expected to be fully realized until after 2020. But one part of the network is slated to debut as early as […]
FCC “Open Internet” Rule will hurt e-government
August 28, 2014 / Leave a comment
What will happen to government information on the web if we lose the little net neutrality we still have? Marvin Ammori of Slate’s Future Tense project, in partnership New America and Arizona State University, says that it will result in federal, city, and state government websites that run slowly and deliver errors. Nixing Net Neutrality […]
Continue Reading →